Evaluation of breakage and coalescence kernels for vertical bubbly flows using a combined multifluid-population balance model solved by least squares method

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 623-633

  Borka, Z ^a   Jakobsen, H A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breakage rate; Bubble diameter; Coalescence; Density function; Mass conservation; Population balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881524495     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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